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ALGERNON P KAAKIMAKA JR
Sergeant · U.S. Army
May 27, 1948 – June 1, 1968
Service recordAlgernon P Kaakimaka JR, of Honolulu, Hawaii, served as a Sergeant in the U.S. Army. He died on June 1, 1968, in Binh Dinh Province, South Vietnam, at age 20. His name is inscribed on Panel 61W, Line 1 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
On the Wall
Panel 61W · Line 1
Names are inscribed in the order of loss, starting at Panel 1E at the apex and ending at Panel 1W. At the Memorial, find the panel number at the base and count down from the top line.
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Service
- Branch
- U.S. Army
- Rank
- Sergeant (SGT)
- Service
- Drafted (Selective Service)
- Occupation
- Infantryman (11B)
- Unit (as recorded)
- 173 AIRBORNE BDE
- Born
- May 27, 1948
- Home of record
- Honolulu, Hawaii (Honolulu County)
Casualty
- Date of death
- June 1, 1968
- Age
- 20
- Province
- Binh Dinh
- Country
- South Vietnam
- Casualty type
- Hostile
- Category
- Died of Wounds
- Circumstance
- Small Arms Fire
Context · from the records
What was happening
60 names on the Wall carry the date June 1, 1968; he was the only one lost in Bình Định Province that day. In June 1968, 1,257 Americans whose names are on the Wall died in the war.
The 173rd Airborne Brigade, his unit in the record, lost 24 of its members that month.
Read the history
On the Wall
Also on Panel 61W, Line 1
- CARL DENNIS WADLEIGHSpecialist Four · May 31, 1968
- MANUEL LOUIS GINESSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
- WALTER BRENNEMAN GROVE JRSpecialist Four · June 1, 1968
- ROBERT HANSONLance Corporal · June 1, 1968
- NORMAN WINSTON HASSELLCorporal · June 1, 1968
From Honolulu
- JAMES GABRIEL JRSpecialist Five · April 8, 1962
- JAMES HIROSHI ISHIHARAChief Warrant Officer 3 · March 10, 1963
- ALAN YUKIO MATSUURAPrivate First Class · April 12, 1964
- JOSEPH N HAOSergeant First Class · November 14, 1964
- ALBERT KALAHANA KUEWAAirman · September 18, 1964
- FLORENDO B PASCUALSergeant First Class · November 3, 1965
- ROBERT HENRY WHITECorporal · December 3, 1965
- ROY SHIGERU KOBAYASHICaptain · January 23, 1966
- SAMUEL POOKEAOKAL GIFFARDStaff Sergeant · January 25, 1966
- GEORGE GRANT KING WEBB JRLance Corporal · February 10, 1966
Source. U.S. Department of Defense, Defense Casualty Analysis System, Vietnam Conflict Extract Data File (as of April 29, 2008), Records of the Office of the Secretary of Defense, Record Group 330, National Archives (NAID 2240992). Panel and line as recorded in that file. This page presents the official record and its historical context; no biography has been written for him yet. See something wrong? Report a correction.